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After Windows Server 2003 is up and running, the real fun - namely, maintaining the server and network you've just so laboriously constructed - begins. Or at least, so goes the conventional wisdom. In a very real sense, therefore, Part IV begins where Part III leaves off.
First, you begin with managing the users (and their groupings) who will be working on your network and using your server. Then, it's on to a crucial discussion of how to set up and handle NTFS and share permissions, with a heaping order of file systems and related topics. After you have data and users to protect, backing up your system is no longer an option - it's a downright necessity - so it's the next topic on our systems-management agenda. Part IV closes out with an exercise in positive paranoia , wherein you find out about computer and network security in a discussion that covers the bases from physical security all the way up to how to build a solid password.
Therefore, Part IV covers all the important topics related to managing a Windows Server 2003-based network to prepare you to live with one of your very own (or to work on someone else's). Use these chapters to help establish systematic maintenance at regular intervals - not only will your users thank you, but you'll also save yourself some time and effort!
Remember this: Maintenance activities and costs usually represent 90 percent of any computer system's life cycle. That's why establishing a solid maintenance routine and sticking to it religiously are the keys to running a successful network. Do yourself a favor and don't learn this lesson the hard way....
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